Week 64 - The life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me

Week 64 (07/12/2014)

Recalibrate Your Life's Direction with This One Hour Exercise

Sometimes the only way to reflect on life is by contemplating death and the end of our time on this world

http://lifehacker.com/recalibrate-your-lifes-direction-with-this-one-hour-exe-1666365974

How to Let Your Life Speak, Discern Your Purpose, and Define Your Own Success

The life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in me

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/02/parker-palmer-let-your-life-speak/

This is How You Build Partnerships to Make Your Startup Better, Faster, Stronger

If we're present and care enough to see what a day or a week in their life looks like, they know we're trying our best to build an app that's truly for  them.

http://firstround.com/article/What-to-Learn-from-This-Restaurant-Startup-That-Turned-Strong-Partnerships-into-a-Better-Product

How Finding "Overnight Success" Is like Growing Bamboo

Even without seeing signs of growth, they are watering their seeds.

http://lifehacker.com/how-finding-overnight-success-is-like-growing-bamboo-1666965581

At Times, Not Losing is as Important as Winning

A single “No” can kill the deal

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141203142038-95015-at-times-not-losing-is-as-important-as-winning

Week 63 - 7 Lessons In Creativity

The foundational difference between a Salesman and Entrepreneur

The entrepreneur is one who can see the variable in the collective game

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141126183438-304203615-the-foundational-difference-between-a-salesman-and-entrepreneur

Three Questions with Slack’s CEO

Digital Manifestation of Institutional Knowledge

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532606/three-questions-with-slacks-ceo/

7 Lessons In Creativity From The Brilliant Code Breaker of "The Imitation Game"

Welcome the outsider

http://www.fastcocreate.com/3038521/7-lessons-in-creativity-from-the-brilliant-code-breaker-of-the-imitation-game

Why “Giving” Is the Best Metric for Success

Being a giver doesn’t require extraordinary acts of sacrifice

http://99u.com/workbook/35743/why-giving-is-the-best-metric-for-success

True Innovators: 10 Insights That Define Them

People are everything

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141129025525-46249-true-innovators-10-insights-that-define-them

Week 62 - Ten Things That Are Important For Aspiring Engineers To Learn

Are You Ready For Your Entrepreneurial Moment?

You Forget That It’s A Long Road

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williamcraig/2014/11/14/are-you-ready-for-your-entrepreneurial-moment

Surround Yourself with Differently Free People, Not Just Smarter Ones

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room

http://lifehacker.com/surround-yourself-with-differently-free-people-not-jus-1657702125

Unicorn Data Scientist Shares his Secrets with You

Find the causes (not just correlations)

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141115223554-2426729-unicorn-data-scientist-shares-his-secrets-with-you

The Future of Work Begins with a Renaissance in Digital Philosophy

Technology is Most Effective When It is Invisible

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141113174451-2293140-the-future-of-work-begins-with-a-renaissance-in-digital-philosophy

Ten Things That Are Important For Aspiring Engineers To Learn

Accepting criticism constructively

http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/11/12/ten-things-that-are-important-for-aspiring-engineers-to-learn

Week 61 - Are you brave enough to be vulnerable

10 Important Reasons to Start Making Time for Silence, Rest and Solitude

During silence, the mind is best able to cultivate a form of mindful intention that later motivates us to take action

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thai-nguyen/10-important-reasons-to-s_b_6035662.html

Be a Creator, Not a Critic: The Leadership Feedback That Really Works

Coaches must tell their students what to do, not what not to do.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jerryweissman/2014/11/04/how-not-to-help-a-woman-or-a-man

Are You Brave Enough to Be Vulnerable?

Is there a message in what I learned that will make my presentation better?

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141106185358-172811-are-you-brave-enough-to-be-vulnerable

Leaders Win (Zebra Tech), Abdicators Lose (Motorola)

Thinking Big

http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/11/03/leaders-win-zebra-tech-abdicators-lose-motorola

Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

No one had written the playbook

http://steveblank.com/2014/10/31/born-global-or-die-local-building-a-regional-startup-playbook/

Week 60 - How To Conquer The Fear Of Failure

How To Conquer The Fear Of Failure - 5 Proven Strategies

Visualize Obstacles

http://www.forbes.com/sites/vanessaloder/2014/10/30/how-to-move-beyond-the-fear-of-failure-5-proven-strategies

Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?"

The person who is most likely to get new ideas is a person of good background in the field of interest and one who is unconventional in his habits

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/531911/isaac-asimov-asks-how-do-people-get-new-ideas/

Leadership Advice from the Tribal Council

Collaboration is key

http://www.forbes.com/sites/shelliekarabell/2014/10/26/leadership-advice-from-the-tribal-council

Craft a Better Presentation with Zombie Apocalypse Principles

Be Clear and Absolutely kill what is vague

http://lifehacker.com/craft-a-better-presentation-with-zombie-apocalypse-prin-1653315276

Being An Effective Leader Is All About Relationships

Do you informally “check-in” with each of your colleagues every so often

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20141101172110-8966999-being-an-effective-leader-is-all-about-relationships